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| Title |
The mechanisms underlying sexual differentiation of behavior and physiology in mammals and birds: relative contributions of sex steroids and sex chromosomes
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Neuroscience, August 2014
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| DOI | 10.3389/fnins.2014.00242 |
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| Authors |
Fumihiko Maekawa, Shinji Tsukahara, Takaharu Kawashima, Keiko Nohara, Hiroko Ohki-Hamazaki |
| Abstract |
From a classical viewpoint, sex-specific behavior and physiological functions as well as the brain structures of mammals such as rats and mice, have been thought to be influenced by perinatal sex steroids secreted by the gonads. Sex steroids have also been thought to affect the differentiation of the sex-typical behavior of a few members of the avian order Galliformes, including the Japanese quail and chickens, during their development in ovo. However, recent mammalian studies that focused on the artificial shuffling or knockout of the sex-determining gene, Sry, have revealed that sex chromosomal effects may be associated with particular types of sex-linked differences such as aggression levels, social interaction, and autoimmune diseases, independently of sex steroid-mediated effects. In addition, studies on naturally occurring, rare phenomena such as gynandromorphic birds and experimentally constructed chimeras in which the composition of sex chromosomes in the brain differs from that in the other parts of the body, indicated that sex chromosomes play certain direct roles in the sex-specific differentiation of the gonads and the brain. In this article, we review the relative contributions of sex steroids and sex chromosomes in the determination of brain functions related to sexual behavior and reproductive physiology in mammals and birds. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | 1 | 20% |
| Germany | 1 | 20% |
| Ireland | 1 | 20% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 20% |
| Unknown | 1 | 20% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 60% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 20% |
| Scientists | 1 | 20% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 102 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 2% |
| Canada | 2 | 2% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 97 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 15 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 15 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 14 | 14% |
| Researcher | 12 | 12% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 7 | 7% |
| Other | 22 | 22% |
| Unknown | 17 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 29 | 28% |
| Neuroscience | 18 | 18% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 13 | 13% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 7 | 7% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 5 | 5% |
| Other | 6 | 6% |
| Unknown | 24 | 24% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 02 September 2014.
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#14,387,227
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#5,643
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#113,730
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Outputs of similar age from Frontiers in Neuroscience
#54
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